1500+ Indian History GK Previous Years Solved Questions SSC, CGL, UPSC, Railways, IAS, Civil Services and All Competitive Exams-Part 21

Q.1:- Who was the court poet of Harshavardhana ?

1. Bhani
2. Ravi Kirti
3. Bana
4. Vishnu Sharma

Q.2:- The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was

1. Vishnu Gupta
2. Upagupta
3. Brahma Gupta
4. Brihadratha

Q.3:- Who was the author of the Kadambari, a great romantic play ?

1. Banabhatta
2. Harshavardhana
3. Baskaravardhana
4. Bindusara

Q.4:- Which event brought about a profound change in Ashoka’s administrative policy ?

1. The third Buddhist Council
2. The Kalinga War
3. His embracing of Buddhism
4. His sending of missionary to Ceylon

Q.5:- The coins of which of the following reveal their love for music ?

1. Mauryas
2. Nandas
3. Guptas
4. Cholas

Q.6:- Who among the following Mughal rulers has been called the ‘Prince of Builders’ ?

1. Akbar
2. Jahangir
3. Shah Jahan
4. Babar

Q.7:- Shivaji ceded the forts to the Mughals by the treaty of

1. Chittor
2. Pune
3. Purandar
4. Torna

Q.8:- The Akaal Takht was built by

1. Guru Ramdas
2. Guru Teg Bahadur
3. Guru Hargovind
4. Guru Nanak

Q.9:- The first telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened in

1. 1852
2. 1853
3. 1854
4. 1855

Q.10:- In which session of India National Congress the tricolor flag was unfurled for the first time ?

1. Calcutta Session, 1920
2. Annual Session of Congress at Nagpur, 1920
3. Lahore Congress, 1929
4. Haripura Congress Conference, 1938

Q.11:- In Gandhian Sociallism

1. State is required
2. State is not required
3. State is sometimes required and sometimes not required
4. State is neither required nor not required

Q.12:- The split between the ‘Extremists’ and Moderates’ came up in the open at the Surat Congress Session in the year

1. 1905
2. 1906
3. 1907
4. 1910

Q.13:- In which year did Gandhiji undertake the famous Dandi March ?

1. 1920
2. 1930
3. 1925
4. 1935

Q.14:- The Non-Cooperation Movement started in

1. 1870
2. 1920
3. 1921
4. 1942

Q.15:- In 1937, the Congress formed ministries in

1. 7 states
2. 9 states
3. 5 states
4. 4 states

Q.16:- India was granted freedom during British Prime Minister

1. Clement Attlee
2. Winston Churchill
3. Ramsay MacDonald
4. William Pitt

Q.17:-Who passed the Indian Universities Act ?

1. Lord Lytton
2. Lord Curzon
3. Lord Minto
4. Lord Ripon

Q.18:- Who is generally considered to be the father of the Indian Renaissance ?

1. Rabindranath Tagore
2. Raja Rammohan Roy
3. Mahatma Phule
4. G. Ranade

Q.19:- The Panchsheel agreement was between India and

1. Russia
2. China
3. Brazil
4. Sri Lanka

Q.20:- Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress ?

1. O. Hume
2. Surendranath Banerjee
3. C. Banerjee
4. Badruddin Tayyabji